Cigar Hacks

Cigar Hacks

A weekly podcast where we have regular segments that include the Hidden Herf, where we don't know what cigar we are smoking for the first half of the show; Local Spotlight, featuring a local or no-so-local cigar lounge or bar; and the Conspiracy Corner where any topic is fair game as long as it carr...

Episode 469: The Elevated Humidor with Mel & Kevin – Local Spotlight: Stories Cigars + Lounge;  Lufkin, TX
Cigar Hacks
Episode 469: The Elevated Humidor with Mel & Kevin – Local Spotlight: Stories Cigars + Lounge; Lufkin, TX

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Nov. 9, 2026

Episode 469: The Elevated Humidor with Mel & Kevin – Local Spotlight: Stories Cigars + Lounge; Lufkin, TX

Mel and Kevin of The Elevated Humidor Cigar Co. and Stories Cigars + Lounge join us at Twins Smoke Shop in NH for the RI Palooza Report. The Hidden Herf is a relatively new release from The Elevated Humidor. Local Spotlight – Stories Cigars + Lounge; Lufkin, TX Controversy Corner – Too Much Information?
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Nov. 2, 2026

Episode 468: Whiskey vs. Bourbon & 3Leaf Cigars – Local Spotlight: Grumpy’s Cigar & Lounge; Hudson, NH

The crew is joined at Grumpy’s by Tom of The Original Cigar & Bar in North Conway and Jim from 3leaf Cigars. It’s been a long day for our resident Irishman who is now into the Japanese Whiskey. He may be a few drinks in but he’s still able to pin-point...
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Oct. 26, 2026

Episode 467: Thirty Years in Nashua – Local Spotlight: Castro’s Backroom; Nashua, NH

Castro’s Nashua celebrates 30 years in the cigar business and we are there to record an episode. Five of the eight Hacks on the episode are first-timers at the Nashua location. Eric pulls out a killer box of cigars from the vault for the Hidden Herf,
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Oct. 19, 2026

Episode 466: A Year in the Humidor – Local Spotlight: The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA

This week’s Hidden Herf is a selection that had been put away for just ove a year. We compare it to how we remember it when it was freshly released and to a recent try at a lounge. Local Spotlight – The Tobacco Shack; Rowley,
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Oct. 12, 2026

Episode 465: It’s a Sweet Cap – Local Spotlight: Cigar & Lounge; Watertown, MA

Sitting around the fire pit with an assortment of spirits, from Zacapa to the Red Pecker, we have a blast with this week’s crew. The twins are initiated and get new Hack-names. The Hidden Herf is the star of the show with its unusual characteristics and misleading clues. We all have smoked this one before but somehow this example was not the same. Local Spotlight – Cigar & Lounge; Watertown, MA Controversy Corner – No Questions, Pleas
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Oct. 5, 2026

Episode 464: The Cigar Twins – Local Spotlight: Grumpy’s Cigar & Lounge; Hudson, NH

Our special guests are a set of twins we met duting the NE Cigar Expo weekend. Oddly enough thay are Grumpy’s regulars. We reap the Expo and other Hack happenings from last weekend. The Hidden Herf stumps the panel and receives good marks. Local Spotlight – Grumpy’s Cigar & Lounge; Hudson, NH Controversy Corner – Expo Conspiracy